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of america time, my name is natalia leonova. congratulations. the golden age of america begins right now, said donald trump in his inaugural speech, who took office on the 47th president of the united states of america. the swearing-in ceremony was moved inside the capitol due to extremely low temperatures for the capital. a wave of change is sweeping the country, the president assured and called january 20 the day of liberation of the united states. about the inauguration ceremony. and the first day of work of the 47th president of the united states we will talk with ostap yarysh, who joins us from the capitol and yulia yarmolenko, who works in the white house. hello, colleagues. greetings. osap, you listened carefully to donald trump's speech. what what were the main points you would highlight, what were the main messages of the 47th us president and did he mention ukraine? in the future, we will remember donald trump's promises to end russia's war against ukraine even before he took office, or during his first. presidency, but

it is clear that these efforts will not be so simple, this is being said, in particular, by the team of the newly elected president. donald trump did not directly mention ukraine during his inaugural speech, but said in passing, commenting on foreign policy issues, criticizing the work of the previous administration, which, by the way, he devoted quite a lot of time to his speech. he said that the previous biden administration cared more about the borders of foreign countries than about the borders of the united states. under his presidency, trump says, this will not happen, donald trump also said that he wants to become a peacemaker and a unifier, and that the united states will atone for its success not only by the battles it has won, but also by the wars it has ended and those wars that the united states has never been in did not enter - said donald trump. in general, the common thread for natalia, regarding this was also the thesis: america, above all, let's listen to a fragment from trump's speech.

the golden age of america begins right now. from this day on, our country will flourish again, and it will be respected again all over the world. we will be envied by every nation, and we will no longer allow ourselves to be abused during a single day of trump's administration. simply put, america... first and foremost. these are the words of the newly elected american president, also speaking about the end of the war and about foreign policy, trump, in a different vein, also mentioned that he would return the panama canal to the united states, which, according to him, were given to panama as a nonsense and are now being exploited by china. trump also mentioned the expansion of american territories, in particular in space. in addition, the president spoke about his other campaign promises, about... the issue of migration,

that he would protect the southern border, and deport undocumented migrants, and strengthen the energy sector of the united states, and the us economy, including by increasing... welfare for americans, that's what he, after all, like many presidents before him, talked about in his speech, and in fact, some of these promises to donald trump are planned to be implemented today by signing a number of presidential decrees. natalia. yulia, as already mentioned, ostap, donald trump promised to sign a number of presidential decrees on his first day in office. what decrees has he already signed and what does he plan to sign today and in the next few days. natalia, we generally expect that today. in the next few days donald trump can sign up to a hundred different executive orders, and first of all these will be orders that will concern immigration, it is expected that today he is supposed to sign 10 decrees that concern migration, and first of all, as donald trump said during his

speech, he will declare a state of emergency on the southern border of the united states, said that he will send troops to the southern border, and also ensure that ... illegal border crossings are stopped, he also said that he will declare drug cartels terrorist organizations in the united states and will begin the procedure for deporting illegal immigrants who have committed crimes in the united states. president trump also plans to cancel his predecessor's initiatives related to green energy development initiatives. instead, donald trump said that he signed. decrees that will promote the expansion of drilling so that the united states can become a powerful exporter of natural resources on the world stage. he also plans to sign today to sign an order to rename the gulf of mexico to the gulf of america, and also during his

speech he said that he would sign an order to restore freedom of speech and end what he called censorship, state censorship in... the states, as ostab said, he really promised that he wanted to become a peacemaker, to end wars and said that first of all he wanted to stop the unlimited infusion of resources into foreign borders, first of all to protect the own borders of the united states. today we have already seen the first a statement from the press service of the new president of the united states, donald trump, in which he describes the president's main priorities, and there are four big categories. first, it's... making america safe again, second , it's making america affordable and energy dominant again, affordable, it's about inflation. donald trump said that he would also order his cabinet to do everything they could to fight inflation,

how they would do it, he didn't go into detail. third, he said he wants to drain, among his priorities is to drain the swamp, that is, it is about overcoming the not... active, as he says, bureaucracy, making the american government more efficient, and fourthly - it is about returning american values, and donald trump's press office says that in particular the president wants to establish that in the united states there are only two genders, male and female. ostap, tell us what happened today at the capitol, who was present, what was the atmosphere and in general, what are the traditions of taking the oath as president of the united states. natalia, because. the ceremony was moved inside the capitol, so there weren't many places, only 600 people could fit in, and these were specially invited guests, the rest of the people who came to washington from other cities, states, the united states of america or abroad, could watch the inauguration either outside,

or here at the stadium inside washington, inside there were actually politicians, there were representatives of the two parties of congress, in the senate and the house of representatives, but what's also interesting... donald trump invited representatives of the tech industry, including the three richest people in the world, elon musk, a billionaire, trump associate, also the founder of amazon jeff bezos, the founder of meta and facebook mark zuckerberg, they were present, sitting in a place of honor next to representatives of the new government of the united states, the next us government, also next to members of donald trump's family. in addition, which was even more unusual, foreign leaders were present for the first time at the inauguration of an american president, this is... not a usual practice, however, donald trump decided to invite a few of them, including the president of argentina javier milley, the prime minister of italy giorgio milone, and also the representative of china, the vice president of china on behalf of xi jinping was present at the inauguration here today. there were also former

presidents of the united states, the ones who are alive now, bill clinton, george w. bush, also barack obama, joe biden, of course, the first lady was there, camilla harris. was also present, it was within the tradition of the transfer of power, let me remind you, in 2021, when joe biden won the election, donald trump did not attend the inauguration, this time joe biden. continued this tradition and was still present at this event, so in principle we saw such guests, again not many, 600 people could fit, but the event really looked solemn to me. yulya, what will donald trump do today, how will he celebrate the beginning of his second term and what will his predecessor, president biden, do? you know natalya, now donald trump is on the capital arini, this is where his supporters gathered and where they watched the inauguration ceremony on big screens, he spoke. in front of them, and this will be the so-called closed inauguration parade, after that donald trump is expected

here at the white house, where he is actually supposed to sign these first executive orders, here as the host of the white house. after that, he has several inauguration balls planned for the evening, this is also a tradition of the inauguration days of american presidents. joe biden, already a former president of the united states, today he left the white house for the last time as the president of the united states, now he is on his way to california, where he will rest a little, and before he left, he addressed his team as a former president, thanked them for their work and said that presidents do not choose when they become president, but they choose the team with which they actually live this presidential term, and he said that he chose the best team, and he also said that he wants his team and is leaving the white house, their struggle does not stop. these were the words from the former president. thank you yuly, thank you ostap for your work, ostap yareshta, yulia yarmolenko told

us about the inauguration and the first day of work of the 47th president of the united states donald trump. the traditional inauguration parade, which was supposed to take place on pennsylvania avenue to the white house, was moved to the capital one arena, a professional basketball and hockey arena in downtown washington. that is where donald trump's supporters gathered today, who were supposed to watch inauguration and parade simply. to the sky. our correspondent iryna shynkarenko is at the scene. we are joining her in our studio. greetings, iryna. iryna, what do you see around you, what is the atmosphere, what is happening now? first of all, i want to tell natalya that it is -5° outside now. and obviously, the long stay in the cold scared people off a little, because people stood here all night, all morning. we saw huge lines of people here for another hour and a half, but now they have dispersed a little,

people have gone to warm themselves, people also walking the streets, moving, but still a few , still a few hundred people, they are standing near the perimeter of the capital one arena, those people who could not get inside, they still have some hope and see someone, perhaps one of the first persons of the state, they also watch what is happening at the capital one arena, through the monitor, which is located here on the facade, and i want to say that we have been on duty here since almost 7 in the morning, and we saw lines of people that stretched 10 blocks from the capital one arena, some people actually spent the night here and now the whole street near the arena, it's filled with pillows, sleeping bags, also people weren't allowed to carry large packages, meaning people who stood there all night, they left their food and their bags here. they just left everything so they could still get to the capital one arena. during the inauguration

of donald trump , they were broadcasting to people in the congress, to people who couldn't get into the building. they stayed here, thousands of people stood here and watched the inauguration of donald trump through screen, watched it from the street, and people did not hold back their emotions, especially when donald trump was sworn in in congress, they... sang, they danced, they shouted: glory to america, and i suggest you listen to one of the participants in this rally here near the capital one arena, about what her emotions were after watching the inauguration, the inauguration ceremony of donald trump. i was hoping to see the inauguration of the president, to show my support and how much we need him and... very glad, absolutely glad that we have a president who leads us in the right direction. we were

at the arena yesterday, but today we just stopped to watch the swearing-in on our phones. i just thank god, it's so profound, i can't even put into words how badly this is, our country needs this. even though donald trump didn't mention ukraine directly, during his speech, people here, in particular. here we met people from other countries, for example, from the uk, they said, standing here, waiting for his speech and listening to his speech, they were waiting, they were hoping, that donald trump will be able to end the war in ukraine. and one of the participants of the rally, he drove around the territory near the capital one arena with a huge ukrainian flag and also said that he hopes that donald trump will be able to end the war, this is a man who came from florida specifically for trump's inauguration, i suggest you listen to him. i love the world and i want to see

the world at peace. i think ukrainians are wonderful people, and putin is a bad man, he is weak. irina, you managed to talk to donald trump's supporters, that they say why it is important for them to be present in washington now? natalia, the people we met here, they came literally from all corners of america, they, the woman from california that we met here, she had 10 layers of clothes on in order to prepare for the cold, but still she was ready to come and stand here all day. that for the days before the inauguration and they say, for them it is still two or three holidays, that for them this is a solemn moment and that this is a historic event, and i suggest listening to the participants who came, the audience who i would love to get here to capital one arena, who we talked to

this morning. i got in line at about 4:30 in the morning, it was really, really cold, i really enjoyed just talking to the people in line, it was really exciting, but i'm really looking forward to hearing president trump speak, and i'm really excited about it, the way he's going to speak, the way he's going to deliver the message to the people. it's my birthday today, the best birthday i've ever had. i love donald trump, and i'm so glad he's back in office. irina shynkarenko was with us live from the capital one arena, where donald trump supporters watched the inauguration and the inauguration parade. up to 50,000 protesters took to the people's march in washington this

saturday. they are representatives of various movements fighting for women's rights to abortion, against deportation, tariff increases and support for wars. our correspondent andriy borys was at the march. washington, saturday, 11 a.m. a column of thousands of people is marching through the center of the capital , and these are the participants of the people's march, as the leaders called it, several dozen different organizations. the participants of the people's march in washington were divided into several groups. some rallied with slogans for women's rights, others for expanding the rights of immigrants, and still others against the war. united states from the republican party. the participants of the rally hope that the new president from the republican party , donald trump, will hear them. tom schneider says that he has voted for republicans for many years, but in this election i voted for democrat kamala harris.

you know, people i love and respect voted for trump, and i just don't understand it. we're going to have hard times, but we're going to get through this, it's a question of what do you want, autocracy or democracy? i want democracy, and i think most people want that. i'm concerned about the issue of deportation, but i don't think he's going to keep his promises. donald trump has made border security and deporting illegal immigrants from the country the main issues of his election campaign. the policies that the marchers are opposing are, however, embraced by their supporters, several of whom were at the rally. first, we need control of our borders. immigration is great, but we need to check who is crossing the border and make sure we don't have a criminal element in the united states. another issue that divides the country is women's reproductive rights. many states

have banned abortions at various stages of pregnancy in recent years. activists fear that trump might try. i work in women's health and abortion rights. i just want to say that the hardest decision a woman has to make is not yours. period. while donald trump himself didn't give a clear answer on the federal abortion ban during the campaign, his supporters believe that abortion should be restricted. i believe that late-term abortions should be illegal. in some states, people are coming in a week before they're due and having an abortion. it's crazy, and there should be restrictions on this. during the popular march, there were many palestinian flags. the marchers who came with them are afraid of an even tougher war

in gaza, which is part of palestine after donald trump came to power. the day before, the newly elected president said that he supports the ceasefire between israel and hamas. so, if the latter violates it, then quote: all hell will break loose. i think trump's policy, us policy. in any case will be the same, they will continue to arm israel. this is genocide, everyone is scared, we are watching another holocaust, and it seems normal for the rest of the world to watch, no one is doing anything about it, except for a few countries. there were a few ukrainian flags at the people's march, the people who came with them hope that the new administration will continue to support ukraine in the war against russia. i hope that courage and common sense will prevail, at least on the issue of ukraine in the trump administration, that they will stand up to putin, that they will continue to provide ukraine with the necessary resources and political

support to defeat russia and liberate its occupied territories. stimbanowicz from baltimore came to the rally with a russian flag, which he turned into a rag. i am very concerned about ukraine. you know, elon musk owns a satellite system that ukraine uses for communication. so musk and trump called zelensky. i think it was a gangster move. they told him, "we have you on the hook, you have to do what we tell you." the people's march in washington, as its organizers claim, gathered about 50 thousand people. a similar march, which took place after trump's first inauguration in 2017, gathered half a million participants. andriy borys, dmitry shakhov, voice of america. ending the war in ukraine is one of president donald trump's priorities. the president's nominee for the position of us secretary of state. marco

rubio said that in order to achieve peace , both sides must make concessions. what do trump supporters think would be fair terms of a peace agreement? - asked maria ulyanovskaya. i sincerely want them to try use diplomacy. other methods available, and you know, they seem to be prepared to deal with this, because i think the biggest thing we want to avoid is a full-scale war between many countries, we don't want to go to world wars, we also want to help the people in ukraine, that's important, so i think standing with them and finding ways to get the russians to back off, to get everything back to normal would be the best thing. i don't know exactly how they're going to do it, but it would be good. to see that, i have no idea how, i mean, it's a shame that this is happening, but i have no idea what the terms should be. obviously, ukraine is a sovereign state, so it deserves

the respect that sovereignty requires, but i don't know what the terms should be. it seems to me that putin has some concerns about nato membership, missile bases and things like that. i think president trump, judging by his first term, is a very good negotiator. what he proposes will be beneficial for everyone, and hopefully for the ukrainian people. they should become an independent country, so i agree with that, i'm grateful to be in america, i hope we make the right choice. if we can somehow stop russia, that would be the best way to end the war. it was the aggressor. and i think if the united states can help stop the russians as the aggressor, that could end the war. the first rule of negotiations is to conduct them from a position of strength, and certainly that's how donald trump approaches his negotiations, and he has to be respected,

and i think that's another important characteristic of donald trump, so i believe that if he had been in office, there would have been no war at all, but now in the situation that we find ourselves in, i think he is in a great position to try to negotiate something that is acceptable to both sides. what does the future look like for ukraine? i hope it is, but it seems quite bleak given what is happening. unfortunately, it looks like the situation will turn out more in russia's favor. in my opinion, it does not seem that russia really wants to take over ukraine completely, but wants to have some kind of buffer, so it is likely that ukraine will lose some regions. it seems to me that the russian-speaking regions will probably be lost. so that the russians can go home. the people of ukraine can live in peace and rebuild their country after these terrible three years, and you know, the americans support the ukrainians, the ukrainians are brave and strong, and

we are very pro... end the war in ukraine, fully support peace in ukraine, get russia out of there, and make sure that russia and its leadership understand that the united states is here to guarantee that democracy can flourish in all over the world. trumpsaur cocktail and a special burger, so in honor of the inauguration of the new us president are treated at the trumpcafe in kyiv. the establishment opened six years ago. ukrainians who named their chain. in honor of trump are supporters of the newly elected us president. what is expected from the second presidential term of donald trump in the cafe named after him, anna kostyuchenko found out. well, you can drink to the inauguration. trump- coffee bar in kyiv was named in honor of the american president. cocktail of the day trump sauer, on the occasion of the inauguration of the new head of america. your

health. 27-year-old roman kravtsov, creative manager of the establishment. in 2018, he studied in italy for a year as a sommelier, where he learned to make exquisite cocktails. we, like those nightingales, sing songs. gin, aperol, salted caramel, orange frège and a secret ingredient, shares the recipe trumpsaur, roman. this is a foamer for... delicate foam. trump cafe family chain. the first establishment was opened in may 2019. then they decided to dedicate their business to donald trump. we wanted to personify our idol as an entrepreneur. he is a strong enough manager, and he could speak

out quite brightly. he can sometimes afford to express himself, he is extravagant and provocative, and his business team became legendary at one time. the second cafe opened in august 2022, despite the full-scale invasion of russia. there, in honor of the newly elected us president, they named a burger with beef, egg and bacon. trumpburger. roman hopes that after january 20 , thanks to the name, the cafe can gain new popularity. someone will look at him as a politician and, for example, criticize him, or vice versa praise him for his actions, someone, just like, for example, as we within the company respect him as a dashing businessman, someone from the millennial generation will remember the popular mtv reality show candidate. trump's second presidency will have positive

consequences for ukraine - hopefully. taking into account his previous term and the experience that ukrainians, so to speak, felt during his term, more than positively, i think that this presidential term will be brighter than the previous one. but will trump be able to stop the russian-ukrainian war, then roman believes that first the new white house administration will deal with the settlement of the war in the middle east. i do not think that the issue of ukraine will be a priority, after all, it has enough internal political problems, if we are now seeing a little more positive vibes in the israeli conflict, then in general i think that we will be next. the full-scale war has increased competition in business, says kravtsov, but the establishment works

despite the challenges. one of the biggest, one of the biggest challenges that is currently facing us, there is no point in stopping, we need to be more famous, more courageous, more open to people. roman kravtsov hopes that one day the newly elected us president will visit the cafe named after him, and has even thought of what he will say to the american leader. i... i'll probably ask if he has a position that would be worthy of my honor. during air raids, if kyiv is attacked by russian ballistic missiles, the establishment is closing, says kravtsov, because he is concerned for the lives of customers and staff. anna kostyuchenko for voice of america from kyiv. that's it.